Categories: Main Dish, Pizza, Vegetarian

Ingredients

• 1 (12 inch) pizza dough (preferably New York-style pizza dough)
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 3/4 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 3/4 cups whole-milk mozzarella cheese, coarsely shredded
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

Directions

1. Position an oven rack on the second-lowest level in the oven and place a baking stone on the rack; position another rack in the upper third of the oven; preheat oven to 500°.

2. Coat a 12-inch pizza screen or perforated pizza pan with cooking spray.

3. Lay the dough on the prepared screen or pan and gently stretch dough into a 12-inch round.

4. Top the pizza: brush the dough with 1 tablespoon olive oil; spread the ricotta evenly over the dough, leaving a ¼-inch border.

5. Sprinkle the garlic over the top; sprinkle the mozzarella over the top.

6. Crush the oregano between your fingers and sprinkle evenly over the cheese and crust.

7. Drizzle the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil over the top.

8. Place the pizza in the oven on the upper rack; bake about 8 minutes, until the crust is crisp and golden brown.

9. Using a pizza peel, lift the pizza off the screen/pan and place the crust directly on the baking stone; remove the screen/pan from the oven.

10. Continue baking the pizza until the bottom of the crust is golden, about 3 minutes.

11. Using the peel, remove the pizza from the oven and transfer to a cutting board.

12. Slice pizza into wedges and serve immediately.

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